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Book tip: I really enjoyed reading "City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas", which taught me that the main thing Venice had going for it was controlling mu
by BurningFrog 2y ago
Book tip:
I really enjoyed reading "City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas", which taught me that the main thing Venice had going for it was controlling much of the Silk Road trade until Vasco da Gama doomed it in 1498.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812980220/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812980220/
- 082349872349872 2y agoThat's also my headcanon for the Renaissance: when Constantinople fell in 1453, there was a lot of impetus for skilled emigration, and as the italian cities had been the traditional trade partners, they were a logical place for incoming high human capital "Martians"* to wind up, fresh off the boat but rapidly reconstituting their networks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople#Impact_on_the_Renaissance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople#Impact_... * compare the translatlantic wave of the 1930s?